aelf/aelb elf arkulf/arkulb
aethel/aedil noble arkuthkul/arkudkul
badu/beado/beo fight, battle bardku/bkuardo/bkuo
blith cheerful blkuth
bregu prince barkugku
ceol keel, ship ckuol
coen/coin/cene bold, fierce cokun/ckunku
cuth/cud known, famous ckuth/ckud
cwic(u)/quic alive ckukukuc(ku)/qkukuc
dryct/dryht band of retainers darkukuct/darkukuht
ead/ed/aead bliss, prosperity kuard/kud/arkuard
eald/ald old, eminent kuarld/arld
kuh/alh temple, refuge kuh/arlh
earcon/ercon genuine, excellent kuarcon
earn eagle kuarn
ecg/ec edge, sword kucg/kuc
eofor boar kuofoar
eorcon genuine, simple kuoarcon
eormen/yrmen universal, immense, whole kuoarmkun/kukuarmkun
folc folk, people, nation, tribe folc
ford forth, forwards foard
fri free farku
go/d gold go/d
grim savage, fierce garkum
haem home harkum
haeth heath harkuth
heah high, illustrious hkuarh
healf half hkuarlf
hreth victory harkuth
hroth(i) fame haroth(ku)
huaet sharp, bold hkuarkut
hyg/hugu mind, heart, courage hkukug/hkugku
iaru ready, prepared kuarku
leof desirable, friend, dear lkuof
maegen strength, might, ability markugkun
oidil native country, one’s land okudkul
ongen opposed, against, contrary to ongkun
OS god os
rath quick, clever ararth
saex/sax/sex knife, short sword sarkux/sarx/skux
se/e house sku/ku
tat tender, delicate tart
theod folk, people thkuod
til good, excellent tkul
torct illustrious, bright toarct
trum firm, strong tarkum
tun enclosure tkun
waeg motion, wave, billow kukuarkug
wig strife kukukug
wil will, desire, pleasure kukukul
Old English Meaning Protoform
be(o)rht/berct/ berict* bright, noble bku(o)arht/bkuarct/bkuarkuct
beorn/bern* man, warrior (poetic) bkuoarn/bkuarn
brand sword bararnd
brod/brord point, lance barod/baroard
burg/burh castle, town bkuarg/bkuarh
cyni/cyn(n)(e)* kin, family ckukunku/ckukun(n)(ku)*
degn thane, servant, warrior dkugn
ferth mind, soul, life, person fkuth
flaed/fled cleanliness, beauty flarkud/flkud
for journey foar
frith(u)/frit/frid peace, security farkuth(u)/farkut/farkud
gar* spear gar*
geld worship, sacrifice, payment gkuld
gifu/geofu gift gkufku/gkuofku
gis(i)l hostage gkus(ku)l
gund(i)/gunn(r) war, combat gkund(ku)/gkunn(ar)
gyth/gyd* war, combat gkukuth/gkukud*
haed/hathu* battle harkud/harthku
heard/hard* hardy, firm, brave hkuard/hard*
here/heri* army, host, folk hkuarku/hkuarku*
he/m helmet, protection, protector hku/m
hild(e)* war, combat hkuld(ku)*
hun young bear hkun
Iac dance larc
laf legacy, relic, survivor larf
lid soft, gentle lkud
lind/linda serpent lkund/lkundar
maer(e) famous markuar(ku)
man/mon man marn/mon
mund hand, protection mkund
noth boldness, booty noth
raed/red* counsel, wisdom ararkud/arkud*
refu steward, high official arkufku
ric powerful, ruler, kingdom arkuc
sig/sige* victory skug/skug
stan stone starn
swith/swid strong skukukuth/skukukud
theof criminal, thief thkuof
theow servant, slave, follower thkuokuku
thryth/thryd* force, strength, majesty tharkukuth/tharkukud*
w(e)alch/walh foreigner, slave kuku(ku)arlch/kukuarlh
weald/wald* power, rule, possession kukukuarld/kukuarld
weard/ward guardian kukukuard/kukuard
wic dwelling place, village Kukukuc
wict/wiht* creature, person kukukuct/kukukuht
wine/wini friend, protector kukukunku
wiw/wiu holy kukukukuku/kukukuku
wuda/widu/wudu wood kukukuda/kukukudku
wulf/wulf* wolf kukukulf
wyn/wynn* joy, delight kukukukun/kukukukunn*
* — An asterisk marks sets of second elements that can also be used as first elements.
Fascinating that the word Bregu (Prince) comes with barku- which is basically a boat. -gku appears in the other words for war, gift, hostage, payment, courage, strength, opposed. So the Prince was a royal hostage?
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